Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora

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Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (ITSON) is a higher education institution founded in 1955 as an institution of secondary education called Instituto Justo Sierra in Sonora, Mexico.

1 History
2 Campuses
3 Colleges
4 Educational Programs
5 External links

[edit] History

The institution was the result of the efforts of the community of Cajeme lead by the president of the local chapter of Lions International, Moisés Vásquez Gudiño. The Instituto Justo Sierra changed its name to Instituto Tecnológico del Noroeste in 1956. In 1962, then Governor Lic. Luis Encinas Johnson approved a law to change the name of the institution to its current name.

In 1956, it became a higher education institution when it began offering the program of Industrial Engineering. By 1976 the program of Administration was added and it stopped offering secondary-level education. In 1979 under the administration of Dr. Oscar Russo Vogel, the institution started expansion programs that continued in the 1980s to serve a growing-demand for growing education in the state and the country.

The main campus (located in Ciudad Obregón) consisted of only five buildings and the Navojoa campus served its students in a leased building. In 1981 the campus added its administration building to its infrastructure. In 1982 main campus added classrooms and the Náinari campus added the unit for Veterinary and Zoology studies. The Guaymas campus was added in 1984 and the Navojoa campus was moved into its own building.